moving rooted clones

can one move rooted clones from an aero-cloner set up into rockwool slabs (into an ebb & flow)?
i.e. can you shove the roots down the rockwool's center without hurting the plant?

or should one use different medium all together.

Thanks.

Rockwool cube in an ebb and flow would become over saturated when you flood the tray.

Big time overwatering.

Xare said:

Rockwool cube in an ebb and flow would become over saturated when you flood the tray.

Big time overwatering.

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I recently saw this on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMvoXRDCeC8

is it wrong?

I would not chance jacking the roots. I would use net pots with rockwool cubes, coco or hydroton. Good Luck!

mg75 said:

I recently saw this on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMvoXRDCeC8

is it wrong?

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Yea ive seen that vid while browsing on youtube.

It looks like just the bottom of the rockwool is touching the top of the flood level and water is wicking up the cube.

With a setup like that you would only be able to flood 1 or 2 times a day max.

While its not optimal for the plants it may work.

To me those seedling look over watered...

whoa! lol, rw cubes in ebb and flo is one of the most common and cool ways to go. Ok, i say cool becasue i am. Lol, it is easy and yes they do hold a lot of water so i water less. That makes it wasy. I am watering every three days now. I go one inch to an inch and a half up the cubes in a 3x3 tray. The rw is an excellent medium for roots an oxygen. Very stable.


However i cant figure out a way to do what you want to do. To jam them in is something i have not tried. I guess you could just sorta set them in the w\hole on 4 in cubes or 6 in cubes with hydroton aorund them. Wow, i just tohught of that never did before. The benfits of a forum! That might work. I will try with a clone, because aero and dwc cloning is cake and i am about to learn rw for the first time.
Or you could do hydroton or some other similiar fast drain and dry medium and flood every couple of hours. Those systems are more forgiving. I would do that i guess but i got a stockpile of rw and have read a ton so I am sticking with it.

i do know this, i have seen roots damaged and the tunting is a seriuos issue so with the rw cloning i am feeling safer about that. Your choice. i have never heard of transplant into cubes for aero, maybe if you layed them in. Some awkward time, you can imagine but i am kinda excited.